Traceability

Traceability concerns tracking the journey of food along the food chain, from producer to consumer. In the event of a food incident it enables the identification and subsequent withdrawal or recall of unsafe food from the market. Regulation can ensure that people have useful information about where their food comes from. Transparency from the food industry instils confidence. Systems of traceability and recall continue to develop and improve with advances in technology such as bar-coding, radio frequency identification, global data synchronisation and authenticity testing of foods.

In a review published in Food Research International, researchers at University of Milan and University of Trieste analysed the findings from several studies to exploit the effectiveness of DNA barcoding...

Over the last few decades a succession of high profile food scares has shaken consumer confidence in the safety of food products. In the EU these food scares were the major driving force in the establishment of food safety legislation and infrastructure in order to restore confidence in the food supply chain, ‘from farm to fork’.

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